Hand bag



Feb. 21, 1928. A of J. WALINSKY v HAND BAG Filed Nov. 26. 1927 INVEIVTH-2- osslP JOSEPH wALI Patented Feb. 21, 1928.

UNITED vSTATES 1,660,132 PATENT OFFICE.

OSSIP JOSEPH WALINSKY, OF SEA GATE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T MORRIS WHITEINC., OIF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

HAND BAG.

Application led November 26, 1927. i Serial No. 235,838.

l enforce the Celluloid; to provide a iioatingv engagement with themeans for holding the re-enforcement in the celluloid frame; to avoid amultiplicity of rivets or the like; to enable use of the same type offrame to be utilized with any one of a-variety of materials constitutingthe pouch; to enable the use of machine clamping of the material; tosecure rapid and easy assembly of the pouch to the frame; to minimizethe operations of securing the parts together; to avoid addition of anybulk to the present-day frame; to secure simplicity of construction andoperation; and to obtain other advantages and results as may be broughtout in the followinfr description.

eferring to the accompanying drawing in which like numerals of referenceindicate similar parts throughout the several views Figure l is a sideelevation of a hand bag embodying my invention, one end portion of thebag being broken away'for disclosing the mode of attachment of parts;

Figure 2 is an end view of the bag;

Figure 3 is an end view of the pouch be- 40 fore the frame is applied; i

Figure 4 is a fragmentary face view of one end portion of the bag,looking at the far frame, a portion thereof being broken away;

Figure 5 isa vertical sectional view perpendicular to the general planeof the bag, taken on line 5--5 of Figure 4, showing one of the retainingpins; and

Figures 6, .7 and 8 are sectional views of the upper part of the bag,showing successive steps in the assembly of the bag.

In .the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in saiddrawing, the reference numeral l indicates the pouch in gen- 65 eral,which, by virtue of the invention, may

be of any desired material,l such as hide of one sort or another, clothor silk, and so on. This pouch provides the usual opening, the edge ofwhich is secured in a frame 2 of suitable material, such as Celluloid,and any number of other non-ci'impable materials of which bag frames arenow made, and in any plain or fanciful shape which the manufacturer maymake through preference or otherwise. Bags of this general type haveheretofore been made, that is, bags 'having pouches the opening of whichhas its margin secured in a frame, and I accordingly deem it within thelimits of my invention to employ any of these old types, shapes orstyles of pouches and frames as may vmeet the desires or needs of theinterested parties. For purposes of clarity, I have shown herein arather conventional type of bag, very commonly used and simple indesign, the frame comprisin essentially a pair of U- shaped membersinged together on a common axis at theends of the legs of the U-members. These U-shaped members, on the edges thereof facing inwardly ofthe U, are provided wit-hggrooves, asheretofore, designed to receive themarginal edge of the opening of the pouch 1. These grooves have beenidentified herein by reference numerals 3. In the manufacture ofCelluloid frame bags as carried out heretofore, the edges of the pouchhave been glued, riveted and otherwise attached in these grooves, butwith varying degrees of insecurity, for glue dries and fails to hold,rivets tear the pouch material, and so on.

By the present invention, before the pouch is applied to the frame, Iattach a piping to the edge which is to be secured to the frame, onedesign of piping 4 being illustrated herein and shown as substantiallyof a diamond shape in cross-section with one of the acute corner edgescut away admitting the marginal edge of the pouch, as clearly shown inFigure 6. Thereafter, the opposite sides of the piping are pinched orcrimpedtoward each other, thereby securely gripping or clinching theouch material and holding it for substantially the entire length of thesaid edge, (see Fig. 7). Next, the edge of the pouch with the attachedpiping is inserted in the groove of the noncrimpable frame as shown inFigure 8, and held therein by suitable means, such as a retaining Piner, and a lvarlety of other materials comprising the pouches to the sametype of frames with no likelihood of ulling loose in spots or tearingthe materia In practice,

likewise, the pouch and piping are so ycut and proportioned as to enablethe piping to be inserted entirely within the grooves of the frame, andproperly shaped so as to slide into place very readily. By virtue of thel cross-sectional shape of the piping, avery Azo considerable stren thmay be secured by a comparatively lig t metal, and I ind in practicethat no other fastening is required than to just' hold the piping at theends of the U-legs from sliding out of the grooves. However, I mayemploy as many retaining pins 5 as found desirable or necessary. By useof retaining pins at the ends of the U- legs of the piplng, beneath theends of the salme, I avoid the necessity of holes through t e therilling operation on the frame for the holes to said pins beforeassembly of the pouch in the frame, although it is to be understood thatthis drillin ma be performed after assembly if pre erred).Y

Hand bags have been previously made employing a piping on the pouchmaterial, that plplng being heldin a frame of crim ablev or bendablematerial, such as metal. ow-

'ever, such construction was not discovered as applicable in connectionwith frames of non-.crimpable or breakable materials, such as celluloidand other materials which cannot be bent without breaking or beingother-` wise injured. My invention accordin ly includesthe discovery ofthe adaptabi ity of instrumentalitiesto secure certain results. I I

. have discovered a way to permanently secure a ouch material to acelluloid or noncrimpa le frame. My means furthermore includes afloating engagement betweenthe eelluloidv frame and the metal piping',as thepins 5 are shown beneath the ends of the piping which abutsthereagainst. Thus the connection is not so rigid that a blow, such -asdropping the bag, would cause the celluiping, and am also enabled toperformK amount of possible movement when the frame is under an abnormalstress'enabling the outer frame to bend slightly with riesp'ect to theinner frame.

AObviously other detail changes and' modiications may be made intheconstruction, assembly and usey of myvimproved hand bag,

and I do'not wish to beunderstood as limit-A ingvmyself-to the exactconstruction shown or described except asset forth. in the followingclaims when construed in the light of the prior art.-

\- Having thus described the invention, I claim 2,-

1. A construction of the character de.

scribed, comprising a grooved frame of breakable material, a pouch, apiping of. crimpable material clinching the margin of said pouch, saidcrimpable iping being inserted in the lgroove 'of said reakable frame )lin floating engagement therewith, whereby the ends of said crimpablepiping are floatingly engaged in abutting relation to the lateralportions of said breakable frame, and a pin extending transverselythrough the breakable frame, said piping being. in {loating engagementtherewith.

i2. A- construction of the character described, comprising a groovedframe of ,breakable material, a pouch, a piping of.

crimpable material clinching the: margin of said pouch, said crimpablepiping being inserted-in the'groove of said breakable frame in iioat-ingengagement therewith, whereby the ends of saiddcrimpable piping areioatingly engaged in abutting relation to the lateral portions of saidbreakablc frame, and.

a pin extendinginto said Vgroove beneath said crimpable frame and thesaid crimp-k able frame being' in abutting engagement with'said pin.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature at New York,county of New York, and State of New York, this 23rd dayof November.1927. n

' OSSIP JOSEPH WALINSKY..

